Factors Influencing Implementation, Sustainability and Scalability of Healthy Food Retail Interventions: A Systematic Review of Reviews

The aim of this systematic review of reviews was to synthesise the evidence on factors influencing the implementation, sustainability and scalability of food retail interventions to improve the healthiness of food purchased by consumers. A search strategy to identify reviews published up until June...

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Published in:Nutrients 2022-01, Vol.14 (2), p.294
Main Authors: Gupta, Adyya, Alston, Laura, Needham, Cindy, Robinson, Ella, Marshall, Josephine, Boelsen-Robinson, Tara, Blake, Miranda R, Huggins, Catherine E, Peeters, Anna
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bias
Commerce - methods
Consumer Behavior
Consumers
Decision making
Diet, Healthy - methods
Ecological models
Economics
Food
Food preferences
Food Supply - methods
Foods, Specialized - supply & distribution
Health Plan Implementation
Health promotion
Health Promotion - methods
Humans
Intervention
Retail stores
Review Literature as Topic
Reviews
Search strategies
Supermarkets
Sustainability
Systematic Review
Systematic Reviews as Topic
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Summary:The aim of this systematic review of reviews was to synthesise the evidence on factors influencing the implementation, sustainability and scalability of food retail interventions to improve the healthiness of food purchased by consumers. A search strategy to identify reviews published up until June 2020 was applied to four databases. The Risk of Bias in Systematic Review tool was used. Review findings were synthesised narratively using the socio-ecological model. A total of 25 reviews met the inclusion criteria. A number of factors influenced implementation; these included retailers' and consumers' knowledge and preferences regarding healthy food; establishing trust and relationships; perceived consumer demand for healthy food; profitability; store infrastructure; organizational support, including resources; and enabling policies that promote health. Few reviews reported on factors influencing sustainability or scalability of the interventions. While there is a large and rapidly growing body of evidence on factors influencing implementation of interventions, more work is needed to identify factors associated with their sustainability and scalability. These findings can be used to develop implementation strategies that consider the multiple levels of influence (individual, intrapersonal and environmental) to better support implementation of healthy food retail interventions.
ISSN:2072-6643
2072-6643
DOI:10.3390/nu14020294